x2gd.xlarge vs d2.xlarge

Instance Typex2gd.xlarged2.xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedStorage optimized
DetailsIn-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
2 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – Size
Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) data warehousing, MapReduce/Hadoop computing, distributed/file network systems, and log/data-processing applications.

d – Disk / storage optimized
2 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory64 GiB30.5 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarged2.2xlarge, d2.4xlarge, d2.8xlarge, d2.xlarge
Generationsd2.xlarge, d3.xlarge
Variantsx2iedn.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units14
Instance Storage1 x 237 SSD3 x 2000 HDD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 4750 MBps750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1188 Mbps750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput148.5 Mbps93.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps93.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.28x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
x2gd.xlarge
d2.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40000.6980
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.8270
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.8280
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.8280
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.8440
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.8440
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.8440
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.8700
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.8700
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.8750
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.9570
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.7350
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.7590
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.7720
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.7720
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.7720
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.7810
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.7940
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.8090
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.33400.6900
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.33400.6900
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.33400.6900
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